{"product_id":"on-the-origins-of-jewish-paul-reitter-9780691119229","title":"On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new intellectual history that looks at \"Jewish self-hatred\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, the term \"Jewish self-hatred\" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. \u003ci\u003eIn On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Reitter demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. He traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came, in 1930, to write a book that popularized \"Jewish self-hatred.\" Reitter contends that, as Kuh and Lessing used it, the concept of Jewish self-hatred described a complex and possibly redemptive way of being Jewish. Paradoxically, Jews could show the world how to get past the blight of self-hatred only by embracing their own, singularly advanced self-critical tendencies--their \"Jewish self-hatred.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative and elegantly argued, \u003ci\u003eOn the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e challenges widely held notions about the history and meaning of this idea, and explains why its history is so badly misrepresented today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Reitter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691119228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691119229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2012 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2012 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Paul Reitter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925608399103,"sku":"9780691119229","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_532646f3-0e25-463d-9a23-c86c24cbd240.jpg?v=1681078282","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-origins-of-jewish-paul-reitter-9780691119229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}